Contact Lenny Eiger here on the forum, he comes highly recommended by many here.

Does he still offer scanning services? I tried to "look him up" online, but his website is down.

15-Oct-2016, 17:01

Lenny Eiger

Re: Best Drum Scanning Service?

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Originally Posted by MultiFormat Shooter

Does he still offer scanning services? I tried to "look him up" online, but his website is down.

I do still offer scanning services. My Premier had a preventative maintenance last year and its running like a well-oiled machine. Thanks for the kind words, Ari.

Sorry about the web site being down, there isn't much info there anyway since I started to redo it and then ran out of time. I made a little change in there last week and somehow Apache didn't start up again. I just got notified and its back up... (Thanks, Peter).

I am happy to answer any questions, either here, or if you'd like to contact me directly. I can be reached at eiger@eigerstudios.com or 707-763-5922 (please note that I am in Pacific Time Zone, please don't call at 4 AM)

Nice to check in again, hope everyone is well.

Regards,

Lenny

15-Oct-2016, 18:26

MultiFormat Shooter

Re: Best Drum Scanning Service?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lenny Eiger

I do still offer scanning services. My Premier had a preventative maintenance last year and its running like a well-oiled machine.

Awesome, get to hear you're still going strong! I have a few E-6 chromes that I would like to get scanned in the next month or two.

17-Oct-2016, 19:10

nonuniform

Re: Best Drum Scanning Service?

Am I doing the math incorrectly, a 16-bit bw scan at 19,200 x 24,000 pixels would be a 900gb file? I'm nuts right?

17-Oct-2016, 19:34

Lenny Eiger

Re: Best Drum Scanning Service?

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Originally Posted by nonuniform

Am I doing the math incorrectly, a 16-bit bw scan at 19,200 x 24,000 pixels would be a 900gb file? I'm nuts right?

Not correct math.

I use 2666 for 8x10, that's 26,660 pixels for the 10 inch edge and 21,328 for the 8 inch edge. It comes out to about 3 gigs in 16 bit RGB. If I wanted to convert to B&W, it would be one of those channels, usually the Green, and it would be 1/3 of the size, name 1 Gig.

You calculations are likely leading you to 900 Megabytes... not Gigabytes.

I've done a lot of work figuring out the best input curves for many black and white films and adjust them as needed for each negative. I typically scan 8x10s to 1660-2000 SPI but can go higher if needed. The great thing about this scanner is the ability to scan ULF negatives like 11x14, 8x20 or 12x20 negatives.

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21-Jul-2017, 12:31

jasonst

Re: Best Drum Scanning Service?

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Originally Posted by macmaster77

As I'm getting into 8x10 B&W, I'm looking into scanning the negatives. I was all ready to buy an Epson 11000XL for wet mounting my 8x10 negatives until I saw in the specs that the max res that this Large scanning service and the V850 will do is 12,800 x 12,800 pixels. Most of my work will be 40x60 or bigger. So I'm looking at scanning the negs at 2000+dpi. At 2400DPI this would put the file at 19,200 x 24,000 pixels.

Now I'm looking at drum scanning services. I realize this is the best way for large prints from what has been posted in the forum. I looked at drumscanning.com and they charge $110. Others that I have looked at are about $220. Does anyone have one they have used and would recommend? Sometimes the cheapest is not the best. I appreciate your input. Thanks...

Hello,
I also want to buy Epson but still confuse about the printer. I also want to print large image with super clearity but drum scanning is not so clear as epson. I personally feel that epson is good against drum scanner.....